H4828 מֵרֵעַ
mêrêaʻ — a friend
KJV: companion, friend.
Derived from רָעָה râʻâh (to tend a flock)
Occurs 7 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [מֵרֵעַ] n.m. friend, companion
Where it occurs
- Genesis 26:26 — Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.
- Judges 14:11 — When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him.
- Judges 14:20 — But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, who had been his friend.
- Judges 15:2 — Her father said, “I most certainly thought that you utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion. Isn’t…
- Judges 15:6 — Then the Philistines said, “Who has done this?” They said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he has taken…
- 2 Samuel 3:8 — Then Abner was very angry about Ishbosheth’s words, and said, “Am I a dog’s head that belongs to Judah? Today I show…
- Proverbs 19:7 — All the relatives of the poor shun him; how much more do his friends avoid him! He pursues them with pleas, but they…